Th © ^©ns© Pllt! ISIIED WEEKLY prduated to the promotion ol the cultural, social ana spiritual Hie of a great people.^__ Kov. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2226 8 Street • Phone 0-6401 If No Answer Call 8-7008 itiinte 'V KiinkcAiieare ..... Advcitlaing and Business Manager itev J H Brooke .... Promotion Manager l inrothy Ureetie .....Office Secretary Urs i<*» Oreena .Circulation Manager Member ot Hie Associated Negro Press and Nehrnskn Press Association I-i>trn>.i n'i .' i-.nti.i i'imsm Matter, June 9, 1947 at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nriiruika under (lie Act of March 3 1879 l year sul.si rlptloB . *2 imi Rlngle copy. .. ,6e kiutokiau* #7 H»e viewu expressed in these columns • arc those of the writer and not necessarily i/ieeaeiecj/iM • reflection of the policy of The Voice. rassoaarton mu The Voice Salutes The Lincoln Lrhan league The \ oi. e takes great pride in paving tribute tv' the Uncoln X i ban league which is tendering an invaluable service in crystal!* 5 g interracial relationship in the cm ot Idnootn The V'ltvin l eague, a Red Veathei service o! our , sum try. is an, important architect of our I tune helping to build finer. ) m < ro.ie attractive communities ■:,s the good of ever'body The vu . non primarily is oottomte v. o * N«-gives and. ethos minority R, vs y>s air employed on the basis ,v; the Ability amt qualifications w 'S.v,.t vitsetmunation. most of! -he othe- race problems" will be jehttv The executive secretary, Clyde V» vtaV-c his farther education, Mi Hale »' setting s-osenpsions to THK VOICE. Mr Hate is perhaps lve>st kivow n as being the director o< the Rub o4 Harmony quartet sv’ popwtai nv l .uovn and Nebraska team Civil Whiteboar. 22^ S Street, ns a'-othci merge* tc swing man w !vo is >wrung the sales drive Many X awl rates wall remember him as one of th.e roaches vsf the 1 mexvln IT ban \ e&guc baskdXxalt team this past season if he team r ace the city semi-finals, loe for the gains they have made in bringing about a closer fellowship among men and women of good will who are well informed and able to co-operate and assist in seeking greater opportunities for people of color with ability and qualifications. The job is far from being com pleted, Only a beginning has been made. The League must continue to work to obtain its objectives, among which is to raise the com munity's standard of living so that the total community will benefit. Our Salute to the Ix?ague this week is with the hope that it can continue to alert an increasing number of jieople that an under privileged minority is a liability to the community. ing by one point). Whitcbmr is .« former University of Nebraska employee and most recently has worked as a census taker. Now that census taking Is over for him, and hr has no other Job prospect, handsome and person able Mi Whttrbear will be sell mg subscription* on a commis sion basis. For the membership at Quinn Chapel church, we have made a slight alteration in award* to fit their needs They are seek ing ?,000 subscriptions for which THK YOU'F. will award them a Hammond electric organ from the SohmoHer and Mueller Piano Co m lieu of a ItJftO Ford from O'Shea Holers. The Laymen'* leaKiie is vismsoring flic drive by u.s ebvuvh members, If your church, club, or lodge would like t\» work for any of the valuable and useful picmium* offered, please contact Itrv, Mel vm 1. Shakespeare, 333ft S Stix'et, 1 mooln. Neb, or phone 5 1 , I h IAMBS C. OLSON, Superintendent • TATI ■IITOB1C AL SOCIBTT One of America’s important liistoric houses is Arbor Lodge, the home of J. Sterling Morton, just west of Nebraska City on U.S. highways 73-75, and now the principal attraction at Ar bor Lodge State Park. Because of its beauty and historic signi ficance, Arbor Lodge will always | be important to Nebraskans. Around Arbor Day—April 22— the home of the man in whose fertile brain the holiday origi nated takes on a special meaning. Aside from its association with Arbor Day and many historic personages, Arbor Lodge is sig nificant because it represents the best in western homemaking. The present magnificent man sion had its beginning in 1855, when J. Sterling Morton—then a boy of 23—bought a claim west of Nebraska City on which he built a small frame house. It would seem unprepossessing to the modern eye, but in its day it occupied an important place on the Nebraska horizon. There was not a single frame house between it and the Rocky Mountains. From the very beginning, young Morton expended a great deal of energy and considerable sums of money on the improve ment of his home. In the early years money was not plentiful and the expenses of a household of four growing boys were at times quite burdensome. Yet on the flyleaf of Morton’s diary for 1866 (now in the Morton col lection, housed in J^ove Memorial Library ut the University of Ne braska), we find a note to the effect that in II yenrs since stak ing out his claim he had spent mote than $7,000 in cash lot 1m pt ovements. On the grounds mu i minding ihr house lines were planted each year. The fine giovr whose shel tering blanches Invite picnicker* lo Arbor Lodge Stale Park lit a result of this practice of annua! tree planting, begun tu IH55. Perhaps the most marked tin provement came in 1879, as the Mot bats prepared to celebrate I heir silver wedding anniversary. In anticipation of that event, a new apple orchard was set out, and the country house, which had been added lo loom by room as the need arose, was transformed Into a country mansion, replete 1 with the wide veranda* and gin gerbread so characteristic of the period after the Civil war. When the work was Completed, J. Sterling Morton wrote to his sister with evident pride: “The house contains now including halls and closets &c between 25 and 30 rooms and is 64-42 feet and is paid for and unmortgaged.” The mansion was enlarged and com pletely altered In appearance twice after 1879. . . Through It all, though, the original structure was retained, and may be observed when visiting the Lodge to day. The story of Arbor Lodge bears wit ness to the fact that the man who de veloped it put into eloquent practice one of his favorite declarations: “Love of home is primary patriotism.” it \ m lUvt A ItMl Rrc*i’ CAULi S-SAS1 Aim! AActl it* ft i«K Ac* — Vm Skkl# Class & Point Co. 144 N* IMi liitcriR. 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